On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 11:15:40AM -0400, richard lyons wrote:
| On Wednesday 02 June 2004 07:58, J. Preiss wrote:
| > Hi,
| > may there is a harder way? I tried dpkg-reconfigure kwin, the
| > answer is "could not init kde". Isn't it simply change a config
| > file?
What are you trying to do with kwin? I don't understand the problem.
| For me this worked: create a file ~/.xinitrc containing, in my case
| the one word 'icewm'. Someone here suggested it. I think I have seen
| variations using 'eval `startkde`' or something of that sort, but I
| forget the actual program name.
|
| That probably doesn't help...
This answer applies to Window managers, not Display managers.
(BTW - I believe it is recommended to use ~/.xsession instead of ~/.xinitrc)
Display Managers include :
xdm
gdm
kdm
wdm
Window Managers include :
fvwm
twm
mwm
sawfish
metacity
blackbox
openbox
fluxbox
enlightenment
kahakai
and many, many more
Don't confuse them. Display managers manage a display, usually to
start local X servers and show a graphical login dialog box then to
start the user's X session upon successful login. Window managers are
run to manage window placement and decorations and such for an X
session.
Is kwin a window manager? If so then this thread about choosing
Display managers won't help you.
Please restate the problem and the goal with more detail.
-D
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